Wisdom Quotes - Page 21

Proverbs and truisms are for this reason dangerous, because they produce blindness or non-thought.

A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.

One spirit, one shepherd

There is something perfect to be found in the imperfect: the law keeps balance through the juxtaposition of beauty, which gains perfection through nurtured imperfection.

Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever and He doesn't need a makeover!

Don't follow blindly; focus on strengths, not weaknesses

Those who do not continuously seek knowledge are content to settle for mediocrity.

THE INTENTION OF LIFE IS NOT TO REMAIN, BUT TO EVOLVE TO SOMETHING BETTER THAN IT WAS BEFORE AT EVERY STAGE, AND FINALLY, TO SOMETHING WONDERFUL.

Beauty becomes beautiful only when it is shared with others.

If we are ever going to see a paradigm shift, we have to be clear about how we want the present paradigm to shift.We must be clear that veganism is the unequivocal baseline of anything that deserves to be called an “animal rights” movement. If “animal rights” means anything, it means that we cannot morally justify any animal exploitation; we cannot justify creating animals as human resources, however “humane” that treatment may be.We must stop thinking that people will find veganism “daunting” and that we have to promote something less than veganism. If we explain the moral ideas and the arguments in favor of veganism clearly, people will understand. They may not all go vegan immediately; in fact, most won’t. But we should always be clear about the moral baseline. If someone wants to do less as an incremental matter, let that be her/his decision, and not something that we advise to do. The baseline should always be clear. We should never be promoting “happy” or “humane” exploitation as morally acceptable.

To recognize our bias toward error should teach us modesty and reflection, and to forgive it should help us avoid the inhumanity of thinking we ourselves are not as fallible as those who, in any instance, seem most at fault. Science can give us knowledge, but it cannot give us wisdom. Nor can religion, until it puts aside nonsense and distraction and becomes itself again.

In modern times, beauty is more trusted than goodness.

Respect cannot be inherited, respect is the result of right actions.

Varzo shrugged. “My people have given them good reason to be biased. The last time you were open and trusting . . . we invaded,” she said unhappily. “Yeah,” muttered the boy just as unhappily. “But while there is good reason for caution, there is never a good reason for hatred, hmm?” He glanced at Varzo and lifted his brows meaningfully.

A terrible plague has either killed mankind or transformed them into demons ... and all they want is Compton's soul.The best place to conceal esoteric information is right in front of us.

My question to the atheist is, do you want an atheist world or a peaceful world? And to the believer, do you want a religious world or a peaceful world? Religious orientation doesn't define peace, but the answer here may define one's true nature.

Absolute freedom comes when we make the choice to wake up and master our individual minds, bodies, hearts, and spirits. When we have this true freedom, we no longer act upon our impulsive thoughts or emotions. We gain the capability of controlling them within ourselves, which unlocks our greatest potential to create, transmute, and transcend the Mundane reality.

The meaning of everything that occurs in your life is decided by the frame you put around it.

Real hope is a real sense of knowing that your best days are yet to come, so dream on. What you can conceive is what you can achieve.

Thinking about the bed leaves you horny, but thinking beyond the bed gives you honor, freedom and wisdom.

A rose struggling in a desert is still braver than a flower flourishing in a rain forest.

As a physician, we heal by sharing our bestowed power of knowledge, love, and compassion.

Those who want rain, must also accept the mud.

When your pockets are empty, go where your heart is full.

Life’s journey on earth is the only sacred travel.

Your money is just a condition to get my business, your professionalism is the price.

It is better to listen to a crow that lives in trees than to a learned man who lives only in ideas.

Sin drains strength. Righteousness gives strength.

Imagination is the core of attraction.

The wiser I become, the less I think beauty has anything to do with appearance.

Sometimes we have to soak ourselves in the tears and fears of the past to water our future gardens.

Give and receive with gratitude. Do the former, without expectation of, the latter.

Find a place to think and a person to love and be happy.

Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it...Don't allow his anger to become your anger.

We were created with more than five senses. Apart from the basic five, we also have the gut and the third eye. The gut being the seat of all feeling, and the third eye being the seat of intuition (foresight).

Don't worry about not doing "it" perfectly right now. It's ok, just keep at it, you will soon settle in it and then you'll be glad you didn't give up.

Your greatest responsibility is to live a life that nourishes your highest truth.

It will always depend on you, the choices you make and the actions you take.

There is no sharper spear than wisdom.There is no larger shield than faith.There is no better fortress than truth.There is no greater strength than hope.There is no higher power than love.

Books signify the mind of many souls.

Your mockers will only have your attention only if you give them your attention

The rule of the universe is that others can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves, and one can paddle every canoe except one's own.

You can take the Indian out of the family, but you cannot take the family out of the Indian.

Love is wise; hatred is foolish. In this world, which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other, we have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say things that we don't like. We can only live together in that way. But if we are to live together, and not die together, we must learn a kind of charity and a kind of tolerance, which is absolutely vital to the continuation of human life on this planet.

There is always exception to every rule.

One who cannot swim must not blame the water.

Fools may have the greatest repository of knowledge but will never attain Wisdom.

Be a worthy worker and work will come.

Love is a donation. Donation is an appreciation.

Men always did and always will err and nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong.

If you don’t understand the concept of time or appreciate its value, it’s almost impossible to be successful.

Smart entrepreneurs learn that they must fail often and fast.

Wisdom is creating connections between the current perceptual realities with future imaginative possibilities.

Sometimes, we miss the truth when it's right in front of us, she thought. Sometimes the closer we are, the harder it is to see.

Everything worth knowing about the 1980s I learned from obsessively reading Bloom County collections when I was nine and Derek Jarman's diaries when I was twenty.

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

I don't put my ideas in a meeting for acceptance or rejection, I put them in the market for success or failure.

Trust your instinct in areas you have some background because your instinct is informed and not blind. - L. R. W. Lee

Pure mind.Pure body.Pure spirit.

A lot of young girls think that the opposite of fake is rudeness. And just as ugly as fake is, so is saying whatever is on your mind because it's the truth.